CME Group Announces First Trade for Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap Futures
CME Group's cryptocurrency futures and options averaged more than 242,000 contracts traded daily year to date in 2026.
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CME Group (CME) announced that FalconX and GSR executed the first block trade in its new Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures.
The contracts are listed on and subject to CME rules, extending its single-asset cryptocurrency futures range. Year-to-date 2026 cryptocurrency futures and options average daily volume exceeded 242,000 contracts, representing $7.9 billion in notional value, or the value represented by the contracts. Average daily open interest, the number of outstanding contracts, was almost 240,000 contracts, representing $14.3 billion in notional value. The 2026 expansion into Cardano, Chainlink, Stellar, Avalanche and Sui futures generated nearly $2 billion in year-to-date notional value growth.
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- Minor pointBitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures reached their first block trade, executed by FalconX and GSR.
- Minor pointYear-to-date 2026 average daily volume exceeded 242,000 contracts, representing $7.9 billion notional, across cryptocurrency futures and options.
- Minor pointYear-to-date 2026 average daily open interest reached almost 240,000 contracts, representing $14.3 billion notional.
- Minor pointExpansion into Cardano, Chainlink, Stellar, Avalanche and Sui futures generated nearly $2 billion in year-to-date 2026 notional value growth.
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"With trading now underway in our Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures, we are providing clients with more versatility to manage cryptocurrency risk and exposure through our robust 24/7 marketplace," said Giovanni Vicioso, Global Head of Cryptocurrency Products at CME Group. "As institutional demand for digital assets continues to grow, we are pleased that investors are turning to CME Group to expand their crypto trading strategies with our regulated and capital-efficient tools."
"FalconX is pleased to execute the first block trade in CME Group's new Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures alongside GSR. Institutional demand is moving beyond the largest digital assets toward tokens with distinct use cases, like Bitcoin Cash in payments and Uniswap in decentralized finance," said Griffin Sears, Head of Derivatives, FalconX. "Bringing these assets onto a regulated venue like CME Group gives institutions the hedging and capital-efficient exposure they've been asking for, and we look forward to supporting liquidity in these markets as they grow."
"Providing liquidity in crypto derivatives has long been a cornerstone of GSR's business, making it a natural fit for us to support CME Group's new Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures from day one," said Xin Song, CEO of GSR. "We have long believed that expanding institutional-grade derivatives will supercharge institutional adoption of digital assets, and CME Group plays a central role in making that vision a reality."
The new contracts further extend CME Group's single-asset cryptocurrency product suite, which includes Bitcoin, Ether, XRP, Solana, Cardano, Chainlink, Stellar, Avalanche and Sui futures. Trading highlights include:
- Year-to-date 2026 futures and options average daily volume (ADV) of more than 242,000 contracts (
$7.9 billion $14.3 billion - Nearly
$2 billion
Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures are listed on and subject to the rules of CME. For more information on these products, please visit here.
As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, cryptocurrencies, energy, agricultural products and metals. The company offers futures and options on futures trading through the CME Globex platform, fixed income trading via BrokerTec and foreign exchange trading on the EBS platform. In addition, it operates one of the world's leading central counterparty clearing providers, CME Clearing.
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Who executed the first trade in CME Group's Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures?
FalconX and GSR executed the first block trade in CME Group's new Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures. Both products are listed on and subject to the rules of CME.